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NASALee R. Scherer (11/13/2008)

Lee R. Scherer was appointed Director of the NASA Flight Research Center on October 11, 1971, a position he held until January 28, 1975. Mr. Scherer first worked with NASA in 1962 while still on active duty with the U.S. Navy as a Captain. Prior to his arriving at the Flight Research Center he was at NASA Headquarters' Office of Space Science and Applications, as Director of the Apollo Program for the scientific aspects of lunar explorations, Assistant Director of Lunar Programs, and Manager of the Lunar Orbiter Program from its inception in 1963 through its successful completion in 1967. Scherer graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1942. Most of Lee's 25-year Naval career was spent in aviation, including a tour flying carrier- based fighters and flight test experience with helicopters. Prior to entering the Naval Academy, he attended the University of Kentucky for one year. He received a second Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1949 from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and his Master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1950. Lee also attended the Summer of Industrial Management Studies program at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1949. Awards he has received include the NASA?s Exceptional Service Medal in 1967 and NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1969.


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Source: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/LOIRP/EC96-43116-25_ratio.html
Date: 11/13/2008
Year: 2008
Rights: Public Domain
Who: Lee R. Scherer
What: Lunar Orbiter
Where: NASA Headquarters
Where: Kentucky
Where: California
Where: Los Angeles
Identifier: 289393main_EC95-43116-25_full
Addeddate: 2009-08-19 23:35:06
Publicdate: 2009-08-19 23:40:32
Keywords: Lee R. Scherer; Who -- Lee R. Scherer; What -- Lunar Orbiter; Where -- NASA Headquarters; Where -- Kentucky; Where -- California; Where -- Los Angeles

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